Cigar-pouch



I. L. STERN.

- CIGAR POUCH.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I, 1915.

1,335,454. Patnted Mar. 30, 1920.,

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sriirns iINT IRVING L. STERN, OF NEW o LEAns, Louisiana, ASSIGNOR r0 HAVANA-AMERICAN 00., on NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION or NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-POUCH.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 30, 1920.

Application filed'Marcll 1,1915 Serial No. 11,222.

State of Louisiana, have invented new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Pouches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates tb pouches, and particularly to pouches intended to be used for carrying tobacco or cigars in ones pocket. Cedar wood is believed by tobacconists to have-desirable qualities when used in containers or boxes for tobacco, and this reputation of cedar wood in this connection is so widely known to tobacconists and tobacco users that the association of this wood with packages of tobacco appears to enhancethe selling qualitiesof the tobacco sold. In packages such as cigar boxes cedar Wood may be readily employed.

One of the objects of the present invention is to produce a very light and serviceable pouch which can be carried in ones pocket and which evidently embodies cedar wood in its construction giving the wall of the pouch the desirable qualities of cedar'wood, and also enhancing the selling qualities of the tobacco or cigars which the pouch contains.

Further objects of the invention will appear more fullyhereinafter.

The invention consists in the combination of parts and in the features to be described in the following specification, all of which contribute to produce an efficient and serviceable pouch. The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure l is a perspective of a pouchembodying my invention, a portion of the same being broken away to illustrate a detail of its construction.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly broken away, showing the preferred form of the composite sheet out of which I 'form the wall or walls of the pouch.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the composite sheet shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a perspective showing the preferred embodiment of the bottom or end wall of the pouch.

Fig. 5 is a perspective showing the comof its construction.

twenty-four to thirty-six hours.

' posite sheet in the act ofbei ng applied to the bottom or end wall.

Fig. 6 is a vertical cross-section through the finished pouch partly broken away.

Fig. 7 is a perspective showing a short portion of a binding tape which I prefer to use at the corners of the pouch.

Fig. 8 is a plan in partial section of the pouch, the middle portion of the same beingbroken away. p Fig. 9 1s a perspective showing one-of the walls of the pouch and illustrating details The pouch is preferably formed of a com-- posite sheet '15, preferably including a thin film sheet or membrane of cedar wood. This sheet or film has substantially the same thickness as thin writing paper. It is so frail and thinthat when held up to the light: it displays numerous translucent points indicating the presence of the interfinished pouch.- To the facingsheet, 16 of cedar film I attach a backing sheet 18, which is preferably of thesame shape and area as the facing sheet. I attach these sheets together throughout their entire area by means of an adhesive thick flour paste. This paste is then permitted to dry for from For the purpose of giving the finished pouch a more finished appearance and also to increase, its durability I prefer to, include in the composite sheet a'lining sheet ,19, which is formed of thin paper and preferably printed on its exposed face so. as to resemble the grain o f cedar wood." This lining'sheet '19 has three dimensions which are the same as those of the other sheets, but this sheet 19 is slightly deeper so that when superposed upon the other sheets a projecting,

sheet 18 preferably by means of thick flour paste, and this paste is then permitted to dry for from twenty-four to thirtyslx hours. The projecting strip 20 is folded down over the upper edge 21 of the sheets 16 and 18 so as to form a trimming 22 WhlCh will appear at the mouth 23 of the complete pouch (see Fig. 1). The sheet 18 reinforces the cedar film and prevents its breaking at the corners. Part of this strengthening effect is due however to'the permeability of the cedar film or membrane, the pores of which absorb the paste. It is advisable to use thick paste for this purpose and to allow the amount of time stated for the paste tobe absorbed by the cedar film. pouch formed simply of such a composite sheet would readily collapse and if pressed flat would tend to break where folded.

' In, order to form a reinforcing wall and bottom for the pouch and give it a relatively thin and flat form, opposite the mouth 23 I prefer to provide a small elongated block 24 such as that illustrated in Fig. 4, and this block is preferably formed of cedar Wood and is of rectangular form. The length of this block determines the greatest width of the pouch. In order to form the pouch from the composite sheet and the bottom or f end wall 24, I prefer to fold the composite sheet on the lines 17 which correspond to the corners of the finished pouch, and apply the lower edge of the composite wall continuously to the side edges of the block 24,

preferably in the manner illustrated in Fig. 5. In doing this flaps 25 are formed which may overlap each other, as indicated in Fig. 8, to form one of the narrow vertical walls of the pouch. On the inner side of this vertical wall I prefer to provide a Vertical liner strip 26 which .may be made of a strip of the same material as the lining or sheet 19. This strip is attached by an adhesive to the inner face of the inner flap 25 and also to the inner side of one of the side walls 27 of the pouch, pref rably as indicated at F ig. 8. At the middle point of the ends of the block 24, and also on the sides, I, prefer to provide fastening devices such as the brads. 28, which are driven through the sheet into the block. In order to give the pouch a neat and trim appearance I prefer to provide edging strips 29 which are preferably made of the printed cedar paper out of which the lining sheet 19 is formed. These edging strips extend from the trimming strip 22 at the mouth of the pouch down to the bottom edge where they are folded so as to form neat corner folds at the point where the strip extends along the bottom of the pouch.

Although I prefer to employ paper to form the backing sheet 18 I may, if desired, employ other material, such as cloth, which may be muslin if desired.

The cedar film is natural cedar wood cut into very thin flexible sheets, and is a readily procurable commercial product.

The rigid end wall or bottom 24 has squared ends as shown which operate to reinforce the frail shell or body of the pouch and prevent the side walls of the pouch from being crushed together so as to bend the composite sheet double. The composite sheet can be bent substantially. at right angles as on a corner but can not be bent double iwithout breaking. This the rigid wall 24 with its squared ends 24 prevents.

It is understood that the embodiment of jthe invention set forth herein is only one of .",the many embodiments or forms the inven- 'lvention may take, and I do not wish to be limited in the practice of the invention nor {in my claim to the particular embodiment set forth.

What I claim is:

A pocket pouch for tobacco products and having a rectangular cross-sectional contour and adapted to be carried in the pocket of the user, said pouch comprising a rectangular wall composed of a thin cedar sheet, an intermediate reinforcing backing sheet and a paper lining sheet pasted together face to face, said lining sheet being of relatively greater height than both the cedar sheet and the backing sheet to produce a marginal portion adapted to be folded over the upper edges of the cedar sheet and the backing sheet to constitute a binder and trimming for the mouth of the pouch, one of the vertical end sections of the wall being formed by overlapping and securing the adjacent free vertical edge portions of the walls, a block of rigid material inserted within the lower end portion of the rectangular wall and fastened thereto to form a bottom therefor, and exterior edging strips applied to the edges and corners of the pouch at the sides and bottom thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

IRVING L. STERN. Witnesses:

WM. II. BLACK, ROGER HOLMES. 

